We’re Here For Our Blessing

February 13, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Genesis 12:1-3 We look at God’s promise to Abram in Genesis 12:1-3. And we see God promise to bless “todas las familias” on earth through it. In this sermon, we come to God as people inheriting this promise, seeking shalom in our world today.

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Receding Waters

February 6, 2022 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Genesis 8:1-14 The receding of the waters after the flood story serves as a kind of metaphor for the global pandemic from which we continue to emerge from. Like Noah, we have been in survival mode for a long time. The receding waters invite us into a time […]

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The Crossroads of Cain

January 30, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Genesis 4:1-9 We look into the conversation between Cain and God in Genesis 4. And realize how often we find ourselves in this same in-between space. With sin beckoning us to fail, and God inviting us to do what is right.  

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The Curse Is Not A Blessing

January 23, 2022 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Genesis 3:8-19 The curse in the garden has been seen as prescriptive for humanity and has distorted our view of God and each other, which has dehumanized women, men, and the marginalized. However, the curse is descriptive of the fall and not a blessing. The serpent came to […]

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January 16, 2022 | Sandy Lee Schaupp, John Williams, Inés Velásquez-McBryde, Bobby Harrison | MLK Sunday Service Lean in with us as we name the holy work of Deconstruction & Reconstruction in pursuing Racial Justice as followers of Jesus. Pastors Inés and Bobby hosted a panel alongside two of our dearest friends — John Williams […]

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The God Who Remembers

January 9, 2022 | Bobby Harrison | Genesis 1–12 In this message, we take an overhead view of Genesis 1-12 to see the continual pattern of Creation and Uncreation. As we look into the pivotal idea of Deconstruction and Reconstruction, we begin here at the beginning.

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Hello 2022 / Goodbye 2021

  January 2, 2022 | Sarah Dornbos, Sarah Obermeyer, and Nicola Patton | Mark 10:46-52 Sarah Dornbos, Sarah Obermeyer, and Nicola Patton led us through a special Hello / Goodbye service. As you watch the playback of this service in its entirety, slow down and allow yourself to be led in a contemplative time of […]

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Good News, Great Joy, All People

December 19, 2021 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Luke 2:8-20 The angels announce to the shepherds that Messiah Jesus was born. The shepherds are the least likely to get an invitation to see a King. Seen as dishonest people working a despised occupation. Yet the sign was that the king would be covered in straw in […]

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Wilderness Calling

December 12, 2021 | Inés Velásquez-McBryde | Luke 1:80 & 1:39-45 The story of Elizabeth and Mary is of a friendship that calls out the calling of God in you. Elizabeth sees with spiritual eyes the invisible hope and calls out the unseen. She is filled with the Holy Spirit and affirms and confirms that […]

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A Lullaby of Light in the Shadow of Darkness

December 5, 2021 | Bobby Harrison | Luke 1 In this sermon, we look at the song Zechariah sung to his son, John, in Luke 1. It’s a song that rests in the mercy of God, acknowledges the reality of death and darkness in our world, and guides us to the path of peace in […]

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